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Stonehenge: First people came from west Wales

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 17:17
The first long-term residents of Stonehenge, along with the first stones, arrived about 5,000 years ago.

Teenager Safaa Boular jailed for life over IS terror plot

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 17:08
Safaa Boular is the youngest woman to be convicted of a terror attack plot on British soil.

Assistant head Jonathan Rowe 'raped blindfolded girl'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 16:11
Chemistry teacher Jonathan Rowe filmed the rape and stored the footage on his school laptop.

Suffolk man's beach clean marathon

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 16:10
Jason Alexander has a "beach clean marathon challenge" at 12 sites in one county in six days.

Asthma awareness: 'My son was gone just like that'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 16:03
Donna Green's son Tiernan died aged 20 from an asthma attack. Now she's educating others to raise awareness.

Europe heatwave: Side effects felt by zoo animals, sprout farmers and more

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 15:58
Soaring temperatures are taking their toll on everyone from sprout farmers to zoo animals.

Will Harry Kane bank notes really sell for £50,000?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 14:31
If you pick up a Harry Kane fiver in your change, can you really expect to make £50,000?

Ice cream van attacked by man brandishing Samurai sword

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 14:20
Jamie Tickle is jailed for threatening the ice cream woman in front of "screaming" children.

Arrests over packages sent to hospitals

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:59
Police say two men were arrested after packages containing liquid were sent to a number of hospitals.

Trump-Queen visit: Was the US president late?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:54
The US president called the accusation "disgusting".

Joyriders' crashed bus was in hit TV show This Country

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:48
The vehicle featured in an episode of This Country - a spoof documentary about bored young people.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Hunt will do 'everything' for jailed mum

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:25
Jeremy Hunt has met Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband to discuss the "desperate" situation.

Should tech companies be paying more tax?

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 13:24
Share-based payments for staff is one reason why the tax bill for the online retail giant has fallen.

Samantha Eastwood: Sister appeals for missing midwife to come home

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:37
Gemma Eastwood says "without her half of me has gone" about her older sibling Samantha.

Too hot? London's 'stinking sewer' heatwave of 1858

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:35
Temperatures hit the 30s and there were no proper drains, bringing flies, disease and panic.

Midwife Samantha Eastwood: Sister makes emotional plea

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:34
Missing Samantha Eastwood was last seen leaving Royal Stoke University Hospital a week ago.

Anne Lister: Plaque to 'first modern lesbian' sparks anger

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:09
A plaque honouring "the first modern lesbian" Anne Lister refers to her as "gender-noncomforming".

Maureen Lipman joining Coronation Street

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 11:05
She will play "outspoken battleaxe" Evelyn Plummer, the grandma of Tyrone Dobbs.

Carney: No-deal Brexit risk 'uncomfortably high'

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 10:53
The Bank of England chief says the risk of the UK leaving the EU with no deal is "uncomfortably high".

Andy Murray 'may not play' Washington Open quarter-final after 3am finish

UK News BBC News Feed - Fri, 08/03/2018 - 10:04
Ex-world number one Andy Murray says he may not play his Washington Open quarter-final after sealing his third-round victory at 03:02 local time.

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